Name
Henry Charles Reid
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/03/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266555
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st/1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
VII. K. 4.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Son of Charles and Alice Reid, of 34, Cornwall Rd., St. Albans.
Formerly employed by Edwin Lee's Boot Factory of St Albans.
It is believed that Henry signed up late in 1915.
Wartime Service
Served as part of the 118 Brigade, 39 Division.
Killed in action.
He was killed on Observatory Ridge which was near the village of Zillebeke, South East of Ypres. He died on the night of the 25th/26th March 1917.
According to the diaries he was most likely killed by shell fire.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes, Mike Gallagher, Jonty Wild
